单词 | incursion |
释义 | incursionn. 1. The action of running in or of running against. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [noun] hittingc1440 strokea1533 illision1603 incursion1615 incussion1615 attrition1630 impinginga1727 impact1781 impingement1837 impaction1945 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > (act of) running or pushing in incourse1578 incursion1615 inrushinga1640 insult1652 inrush1817 inrun1875 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 174 As the winde it passeth and repasseth at his pleasure, vnseene, but not vnfelt; for the force and incursion thereof is not without a kinde of violence. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 761 The Democriticks and Epicureans did..suppose, all humane Cogitations to be Caused..by the Incursion of Corporeal Atoms upon the Thinker. 1760 S. Johnson Idler 5 Apr. 105 The inevitable Incursion of new Images. 1885 Law Times 80 133/2 The cargo was damaged by the incursion of sea-water through a hole in a pipe. 2. a. A hostile inroad or invasion; esp. one of sudden and hasty character; a sudden attack. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > invasion > [noun] here-gang10.. inrunning1382 incursion?a1475 invasion1539 incurse1543 irruption1577 invade1591 invading1603 invadationa1607 infall1645 inroadinga1656 incursation1659 infallinga1698 big one1960 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > harmful or hostile again-runningc1384 incursion?a1475 invasion?1566 invade1591 out-coursea1603 inroad1637 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 363 That other is expownede to the incursion of deuelles. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxiii. f. xxxii And the Saxons..shuld defende the lande from Incursion of all Enemyes. 1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions Pref. 8 To auoied the inuasion of beastes, and menne of straunge borders..with commune aide to withstande suche encursions. a1626 J. Horsey Relacion Trav. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) 158 He had continuall warrs with the Crimme Tartor, who did sore anoye him..with their yearly incourcions. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 300 Against the Scythian, whose incursions wild Have wasted Sogdiana. View more context for this quotation 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. i. 5 Their incursions were frequently repelled and chastised. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 77 There had been repeated incursions of the Highlanders into the very town of Perth. 1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory II. 24 The consequences become..terrible like an incursion of wild beasts. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1640 E. Reynolds Treat. Passions xxviii. 296 It least of all suffers the Incursion of grosser Passions. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Worthy Communicant i. v. 103 We give too much way to the daily incursions of the smaller irregularities of our lives. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Ceyx & Alcyone in Fables 378 To the neighb'ring Mole she strode, (Rais'd there to break th' Incursions of the Flood). 1795 W. Paley View Evidences Christianity (ed. 3) II. ii. vi. 144 The sudden and critical incursion of the disease. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. iv. 34 An embankment..to defend the land from the incursions of the river. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [noun] > venial > collective venialia1654 sins of daily incursion1656 1656 R. Vines Treat. Inst. Lords-Supper xvii. 213 Quotidian sinnes of daily incursion. 1709 Brit. Apollo 11–16 Nov. Lesser Miscarriages..stil'd by the Casuists, Sins of Daily Incursion are Inseparable to Frail Mortality. 1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 558 Sins of daily Incursion, such as are ordinarily consistent with a prevailing Love of God, and Love of our Neighbour. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [noun] > fact of being responsible, answerable, or liable > incurring a liability incursion1610 contraction1825 incurrence1831 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xv. 551 Who dare affirme how many they were, without incursion of rashnesse? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.?a1475 |
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